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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 42 · 40 questions
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The trick (Cross zero): Warmer or more money: move up the number line. Colder or spending: move down. Crossing zero: count the steps to 0 first, then the steps left over. The gap between a number below zero and one above zero: add the two distances from 0.

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  1. 1.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) −4 (d) 4
  2. 2.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  3. 3.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 67
  4. 4.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 10
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 5
  7. 7.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  8. 8.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 5 (c) 13 (d) −13
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 22 (d) 8
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 28 (c) −40 (d) 40
  11. 11.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 11 (c) −3 (d) 3
  12. 12.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 23 (d) −13
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 24 (c) 22 (d) −24
  14. 14.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 40 (d) 26
  15. 15.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) −7
  16. 16.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) −1
  17. 17.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 29
  18. 18.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 68 (d) −30
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 8 (d) 40
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 11
  22. 22.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  23. 23.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 2
  24. 24.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  25. 25.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) −9 (d) 1
  26. 26.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) 5
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −17
  28. 28.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 9
  29. 29.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) −6
  30. 30.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 48 (c) 16 (d) 6
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −1 (c) −15 (d) 15
  32. 32.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 78 (c) 0 (d) 10
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −11
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 28 (d) 14
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) 3
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 56 (c) −46 (d) 24
  37. 37.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 23
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) −3 (c) 27 (d) 17
  39. 39.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) 1
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 22 (c) −42 (d) 42

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. −9
  3. −37
  4. 10
  5. 0
  6. 17
  7. −7
  8. −13
  9. −2
  10. 40
  11. −3
  12. −13
  13. 24
  14. 16
  15. 3
  16. −11
  17. 7
  18. −30
  19. 0
  20. 30
  21. 1
  22. −6
  23. −4
  24. −1
  25. −9
  26. 5
  27. 17
  28. −17
  29. 6
  30. 6
  31. 15
  32. −10
  33. −1
  34. 4
  35. −3
  36. 46
  37. −9
  38. 17
  39. −1
  40. 42

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